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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2009

Honda rolls out 'Segway' of unicycles

Honda Motor Co. unveiled on Thursday a new compact self-balancing vehicle that looks like a futuristic unicycle.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Sep 24, 2009

Asahi Breweries advisor Takanori Nakajo

Takanori Nakajo, 82, is the honorary adviser of Asahi Breweries Ltd., one of Japan's leading beer and beverage makers. From "boy Friday" in 1952, Nakajo worked seven days a week until his official retirement as chairman in 1994. He poured all of his energy into beer-making and miraculously dragged the...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Sep 24, 2009

Asahi Breweries advisor Takanori Nakajo

Takanori Nakajo, 82, is the honorary adviser of Asahi Breweries Ltd., one of Japan's leading beer and beverage makers. From "boy Friday" in 1952, Nakajo worked seven days a week until his official retirement as chairman in 1994. He poured all of his energy into beer-making and miraculously dragged the...
LIFE / Digital
Sep 23, 2009

Can firms trust cloud computing?

This year's overhyped IT concept is cloud computing. Also called software as a service (SaaS), cloud computing is when you run software over the Internet and access it via a browser. Both Google Docs and salesforce.com's customer management software are examples of this.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2009

American Air in lead to rescue ailing JAL

American Airlines may lead other members of the Oneworld alliance in investing in Japan Airlines Corp. to help an ally predicting its fourth loss in five years, two people familiar with the plan said.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 18, 2009

Silver Week to make up for less than lustrous summer?

The government estimates that the average Japanese household will spend u00a537,000 during Silver Week. Question is, how? On beer alone?
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2009

Nippon Life to inject more capital into Prudential

Nippon Life Insurance Co. said Thursday it has agreed to invest $500 million into Prudential Financial Inc., the second time it has put capital into the second-largest U.S. life insurer.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 15, 2009

How do you keep up with what's going on in Japan?

BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 14, 2009

Who pays for parking?

Why people who don't own cars have to subsidize the expensive parking lots used by weekend drivers?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 11, 2009

Vivian Girls

Issued domestically by Tokyo record imprint Yacca at the beginning of September, "Everything Goes Wrong" is the sophomore effort from Vivian Girls.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 10, 2009

Electric bicycles take charge

A surge in electric bicycle sales means cleaner air, but for many, it's all about the bottom line and having a helpful push up that hill.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Sep 10, 2009

Time for openings, a night out and second-hand style

THE opening ceremony
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2009

Fashion company to retail 200 items for ¥990

GOV Retailing Co. announced Tuesday that one-third of its g.u. brand's fall-winter collection, or 200 of the 600 items, will retail for ¥990.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Sep 8, 2009

Not even sumo can outmaneuver swine flu

No one is immune to the current swine flu pandemic, not even professional sumo.
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2009

Japan Steel boss says China will build more nuclear power plants

Japan Steel Works Ltd., which makes reactor parts for Areva SA, Toshiba Corp. and other companies, more than doubled its forecast for China's nuclear plant construction because of stimulus spending and environmental pressure.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2009

Capital spending falls ninth quarter

Businesses cut spending for a ninth quarter as the global recession squeezed profits, underscoring the challenge for the incoming government to sustain a recovery from the country's worst postwar slump.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 4, 2009

Still photography: a new art market

Tokyo probably has more photo fans than any megalopolis on the planet, but strangely there's never been an international photography art fair here — until now. Tokyo Photo 2009, running Sept. 4-6, offers still photography artworks for sale from 12 Japan-based galleries, four from the United States...
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2009

Hino Motors to hire 900 temps

Hino Motors Ltd., the nation's biggest maker of heavy trucks, will hire 900 temporary workers starting this month as it predicts truck demand will increase in Asia.
Japan Times
Events / WHERE IT'S AT
Sep 1, 2009

Students from around Asia team up at GPAC

Students from across Asia gathered last week to promote friendship and discuss some of the world's pressing issues at the Global Partnership of Asian Colleges 2009 event.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
Air India crash report to offer peek into last seconds
Members of the Indian Army's engineering arm prepare to remove the wreckage of an Air India aircraft in Ahmedabad on June 14.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

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